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Tobacco Flask with Mold-Impressed Scene of Two Seated Deities600–900 CE

Not on view
Small ceramic vessel with flattened disk-shaped body and short neck, featuring a low-relief molded circular panel with three elaborately headdressed figures and geometric designs
Small ceramic vessel with a narrow cylindrical neck and squared body, covered in deeply carved Maya glyphs arranged in a vertical column, tan and brown earthenware with weathered surface.
Ceramic flask with flattened circular body and small neck, cream and ochre slip with a molded relief panel depicting two elaborately dressed figures facing each other, surrounded by Maya iconographic elements including headdresses and scrollwork.
Small ceramic vessel with cylindrical, slightly squared form and narrow neck, decorated with a vertical column of carved Maya glyphs in low relief against an earthen brown and ochre surface.

Unknown, Tobacco Flask with Mold-Impressed Scene of Two Seated Deities, 600–900 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ann Ziff

Title
Tobacco Flask with Mold-Impressed Scene of Two Seated Deities
Culture
Maya
Date Made
600–900 CE
Period
Late Classic Period
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic with postfire-applied pigment
Dimensions
3 × 2 5/8 × 1 in. (7.62 × 6.67 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Ziff
Accession Number
M.2019.357.13
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas